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HARMONIC PARTIAL [1 record]

Record 1 2009-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
DEF

Frequency (vibration) that results from subdivision of a fundamental pitch and that occurs simultaneously with the fundamental vibration, resulting in a complex or resonant tone.

CONT

Strings would like to oscillate as closely as possible to harmonic partials or whole-number multiples of the fundamental.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
DEF

Composante du son dont la fréquence est forcément le multiple entier de la fréquence fondamentale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Música (Generalidades)
DEF

Tono que es un múltiplo entero de la frecuencia fundamental.

CONT

Los timbres están formados por cantidades variables de armónicos o parciales que cambian a lo largo del tiempo con respecto a un tono o frecuencia fundamental. Los parciales son las ondas que complementan a la onda fundamental para crear un timbre, si las frecuencias de los parciales son múltiplos enteros de la frecuencia fundamental son denominados parciales armónicos, y si son múltiplos reales son denominados no armónicos.

CONT

Las cuerdas quisieran oscilar lo más cerca posible de los parciales armónicos, es decir, múltiplos enteros del fundamental.

PHR

Parcial inarmónico, no armónico.

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